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Chapter 17: The One That Visits My Dreams
Sakura walked downstairs and made a delicious, hot breakfast for Sasuke and herself. She placed his dish in front of him as he took a sip of his warm, honey tea. Sakura's now used to living with Sasuke now, he was not as destructive as before. Ever since New Year's Sasuke's actually been...nice...Er, well, something close to it.
Sasuke still teases me, and angers me, and drives me crazy!...but still, he seems a bit...different...
Sakura stared at Sasuke, as she took a bite from her toast. Sasuke glanced over to catch her staring at him and arched an eyebrow.
"what?" he asked her, midway through his breakfast. Sakura quickly looked away and shook her head.
"nothing" she mumbled, and got back to her business: finishing her breakfast.
"hn, weirdo" Sasuke smirked as he finished his food and sat back. He sighed and got up to throw on his coat. Sakura watched him swing his backpack over his shoulder and push in his chair.
Just as his back turned towards Sakura, she heard him mumble the words, "I'll be waiting in the car" and walk off.
Sakura quickly finished her breakfast, and smiled as she thought of how he's easing towards her now...and honestly, it felt pretty good.
"Hey...mouse.."
"hm?"
"School..."
"what about it?"
" Since it's cold, and... the streets are piled with snow...I'll uhm...ahem...um, I'll drive you...to school..from now...on...so wait for me.."
"huh?"
"I said to wait for me in the morning..."
"but..."
"don't make me repeat myself!"
"uh..."
"bye"
Slam!
"pbbbbbbt! he got all shy for nothing ha!" Sakura giggled to herself as she placed the dishes in the sink, keeping a mental note to wash them first thing after school.
Sakura ran outside to see Sasuke leaning against his car. She walked over and he glanced at her before swinging the front door open for her, as he swiftly walked to the other side.
"get in"
Sakura nodded hesitantly and stepped in the car, she closed the door, buckled herself in and watched Sasuke drive off. It was an awkward, quiet drive to school.
It felt as if the drive was a lot longer than usual to school, and almost too long for a drive that should've taken 5-10 minutes.
it's probably because it was really quiet...
Sakura and Sasuke stepped out and Sakura turned to look at him.. he looked away from her as he slipped out his phone.
She clenched onto the strap of her backpack and cleared her throat.
"thank you for driving me here and...um...it's really cold outside, so...don't stay outside for too long..." She managed to croak out, before flashing him a shy half-smile.
Sasuke glanced at her and looked away, replying with his usual, "hn"
ugh...typical answer from this guy... She rolled her eyes and shrugged, at least she tried.
Konoha High: Hallways: 10 minutes before class
Sakura's legs were shaking, she was nervous for some reason. Perhaps, it was because she hasn't been to school for a few days. It was the oddest thing, but for some reason she felt as if she was a different person. Whatever it was, it was making Sakura more frantic than usual.
Sakura watched students run into class after greeting their friends. She overheard girls shrilling, and squealing with joy after seeing their friends again. She thought of what it probably feels like to see someone after just a few days when suddenly she looked up to realize that exact eager, yet, anxious feeling.
Gasp...Naruto...
"Sakura!" He smiled at her, as he slid his hands in his pocket, and the other behind his head.
"Na-Naruto" She was sure he didn't hear her but he still smiled warmly at her.
Oh God! Calm down Sakura, it was just a few days but it feels like it's been much longer than that...
Sakura stood in the empty hallway, as Naruto quickly ran over to her and glomped her in his arms.
"Sakura! quick!"
"Naru-"
"come here!" Naruto cut her off by taking her hand and pulling her into an empty classroom.
Sakura gasped as Naruto closed the door behind them.
"Naruto are you okay?"
"Damn teachers, their on my case already"
"Naruto?"
"huh?" Naruto turned around and stared at Sakura, before smiling warmly at her, "Sakura..." his voice was now a husky whisper.
Ba-thump...
"H-hi Naruto-ooohhh!" He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. "I missed you so much Sakura-chan" She smiled, as she squeezed him just as hard, "I missed you too Naruto!"
Naruto chuckled into her ear and pulled from her just a bit, "did you really?" he asked as his fingers traced her jaw line, he cupped her face in his hand and tilted his thoughtfully. "are you cold Sakura?"
Sakura was too busy in her own little world to realize Naruto was asking her a question.
"hm?"
He chuckled again and hugged her once more, "nothing" he laughed, "I missed you loads.."
"ahh Naruto why were you running so much?"
He moved away from her and grabbed her fingertips. His big warm hand, melted Sakura's cold skin, sending the little sparks throughout Sakura's body.
Naruto locked the door, and walked over to one of the desks. He sat halfway on a desk and pulled her in between his legs. Sakura felt her cheeks warm up when she felt Naruto's fingers play against her own. He placed his other hand around her waist and pulled her in.
"ahh there, and it's nothing, they just caught me throwing snowballs at some kid, but it's not like I started throwing first, that kid started it! I'm always getting blamed!" Sakura giggled as Naruto pouted angrily, he was sure he did nothing wrong, he did nothing but defend himself.
She laughed as Naruto's face softened and turned to her. "Hey what's so funny hm?"
She shook her head, and giggled, "nothing" causing Naruto to ask her if she's mocking him. "sorry Naruto hahahaha, it's just...haha you're silly" He scratched the back of his head and gave her a big shiny-teeth smile, "hehe, I know".
"Hey Saku-"
BANG, BANG, BANG
"Naruto Uzumaki! open the door this instant! we know you're in there!"
"shit!" Naruto whispered under his breath. "oh n-" Naruto placed his hand over Sakura's mouth and shushed her. He took her hand and walked her near the window. "we're going to leave through the window okay?" he whispered into her ear. Sakura blushed even more when she felt Naruto's warmth breath hug her neck. She nodded her head as Naruto slowly opened the window as the teachers continued to bang on the door, demanding him to open up. "damn teachers" Naruto angrily hissed. He opened halfway and took Sakura's hand. "Okay I'll go first" Naruto quickly leaped out of the window, and looked up at Sakura. "jump Sakura!"
"No! Naruto it's scary!" Sakura stared at the floor, it was easy for Naruto because he does things like this all the time, but for her?...nu-uh, no way, she'd rather die than jump down.
"I can't!"
"I'll catch you"
"what if you don't?"
"I will" Naruto shouted, "I promise.."
She bit down on her lip, and gasped when she heard the teachers getting ready to unlock the door.
If I get caught, I'll get both myself and Naruto in trouble...but...
"open this door right NOW! Naruto!"
Well here goes nothing.
Sakura held in her breath and leaped down.
I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to-
"gotcha!" Sakura opened her eyes to see Naruto looking down at her.
"eh?"
She looked around to see she was perfectly safe in his arms.
"see" he laughed as he pressed his forehead against hers, "I told you, I'd catch you"
She smiled bashfully, as he wiggled his nose against hers.
"Thanks Naruto"
"Anything for you Sakura!"
She giggled as her arms wrapped tightly around Naruto, "Now let's get you to class"
"mmkay"
He put her down and they walked to class, but before Sakura walked in Naruto held her and pulled her aside again.
"Sakura wait"
"hm?" Sakura looked into his big blues then down at his hand to see he was holding a pink box, with a bright orange ribbon tied around it. Naruto placed the box in her hand. "Merry Christmas Sakura"
"ahh Naruto you-"
"Naruto Uzumaki!Principal's office, NOW!" Screamed Iruka sensei as he made his way down the hall towards the two.
"shit, he caught up to me" Naruto cursed under his breath then looked at Sakura.
" I gotta run but, don't open it yet okay?" He said as he started to run off,
"Well when do I open it?!" She asked him as he ran further down the hall.
"YOU'LL KNOW!" Naruto screamed.
"Hey! Naruto! get back here!"
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
"THEN WHY ARE YOU RUNNING YOU LITTLE DELINQUENT?!"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE CHASING MEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Naruto shouted, his voice was now an echo.
Sakura laughed as she shook her head.
Good, luck Naruto..haha he's so silly, it's so...cute!
Sakura smiled as she looked down at the box in remembrance to Naruto's words.
She walked back into the class and hugged the box tightly.
As she sat down, she looked to see if anyone was watching her, and just as she expected, all eyes were on Kakashi sensei. Sakura peeked down at the box and slowly shook in near her ear.
What could it be?..hmm... She examined the box again, it was beautifully wrapped, the orange ribbon hugged the box from all around, and formed a cute bow at the top. She shook the box once more,placed it down in front of her and poked it.
mmm, well whatever it is, I'll treasure it with everything I got.
Sakura kissed the edge of the box and continued to stare at the box. It was the second gift Naruto has given her. The first one being a pack of pokemon stickers back in elementary school. Sakura was the only one who didn't get anything for Christmas...
Iruka sensei asked all the kids to exchange gifts with each other before they go home for the day. Sakura sat in her seat as she looked around to see the other kids exchanging gifts with one another. Sakura kept her head down, and continued to color when she noticed a little hand near her desk. She looked up to see Ino holding a light pink box in her hand. "Ino?"
"Sakura...here!..mm Merry Christmas."
Sakura's eyes widened, "ahh really? you're giving this to me?"
Ino happily nodded her head, and handed the box to Sakura.
"hahaha thanks Ino!"
"-Ino! What are you doing?"
"huh?" the girls both looked to their side to see Karin glaring at Ino.
"giving Sakura her present."
"don't give her a present Ino! Sakura's ugly she doesn't deserve a present!"
"but...Sakura's my friend."
" gross! don't be her friend! you'll be dirty just like her!"
"but-"
"now take your present back before I tell everyone you're a Sakura lover!"
"I'm not!"
"oh yeah!? prove it!"
Sakura and Ino looked at each other, and Ino yanked her present away.
"sorry Sakura, I-"
"It's okay.."
"good, now come on! We'll give that present to someone else!"
Ino walked off with Karin leaving Sakura alone again. Sakura said nothing more after that. She placed her head on her forearms and began to cry, her glasses blurring up from her big, blobby tears. "I want a present too..." she sniffed.
"Sakura-chan!"
"hmm?"
Sakura looked up to see Naruto standing in front of her seat with his hands behind his back.
"oh..Hi Naruto"
"eh? what's wrong Sakura-chan?"
"no-nothing, um do you need anything Naruto?"
Naruto shook his head and then moved his hands from his back, revealing a big pack of pokemon stickers.
"here, Sakura-chan"
Naruto placed it in front of her, as she looked down at it, then up at him, then back at the pack of stickers.
"this is for me?"
"mhm"
"wah" she smiled, "thank you Naruto!" She picked up the stickers then looked at him and leaped over the desk to hug him. Surprised, Naruto jolted up a bit, but hugged her back and gave her an even bigger, brighter smile.
"you're welcome Sakura, so don't cry okay?"
"mmm..." She rubbed her eyes, and looked down at the stickers. "ahh Naruto."
"hm?"
"wait, okay?"
She got up from her seat and ran all the way to her cubby.
She took out her backpack and took out the bag of cookies she was going to eat for lunch. She happily looked at the zipped bag and hugged it. It was still warm, and still smelled like they were fresh out of the oven. Sakura got up and started to run when she accidentally bumped into someone else. "opp! sorry" she said before looking up to see she's bumped into Sasuke. "Sasuke.." she blushed, "sorry I didn't see you" she quickly got up, and realized her glasses were off too. "ahh my glasses!"
"here" she looked back to see a red-faced Sasuke holding her glasses in her hand. She walked over and smiled at him, he was kind enough to pick them up for her.
"thank you" she squeaked out, before grabbing the cookies, and took the glasses from his hand. Sakura watched Sasuke's eyes glance down at her cookies, but before she got to offer him one he walked away. shrugging her shoulders, Sakura ran back to the Naruto and handed him the colorful bag of cookies.
"Here you go! Merry Christmas Naruto"
"wow cookies! I can have these?!"
She nodded her head, "I baked them myself!"
"wow really?! hahaha thanks!" Naruto walked over and hugged her tightly.
"no thank you Naruto.."
"hehe, anytime"
"dobe"
They both looked to the side to see Sasuke waiting for Naruto to come over.
"ahh I gotta go, bye Sakura-chan"
"bye Naruto!" she waved to him then looked right at Sasuke, "bye Sasuke" she smiled, but he only looked away. Sakura sat back down and looked back at her stickers, and smiled the biggest smile she could possible make.
haha...and I still have those even after all those years...still wrapped in it's original packaging with Naruto's cute handwriting still printed on the back...it was then that I started taking a notice of Naruto...but still..back then, my heart was all Sasuke's...Sakura thought as she finally shaken herself out of that flashback.
"Sakura..." Kakashi called out to his favorite student, who seemed to be in deep thought at the moment. Everyone in the class has left for a brief amount of time before they were expected to come back to class.
"Sakura?"
She gasped and looked up at Kakashi sensei, "oh yes?"
"you alright?"
"mm..." Sakura looked around to see the class empty now..
"oh class is over."
"you've been out this whole time, are you sure you're okay?"
"ah yes.." Kakashi chuckled as he gently placed his hand on her head, " haha well then, welcome back...Sakura"
"ah, thank you Kakashi sensei, Happy New Year by the way"
"Same to you, now run along, you have a bit of time before next class begins"
"oh right! see you in a bit sensei!" and off Sakura went.
A little while after, Shikamaru, gave her the message that Naruto had to stay in detention during lunch because of this morning's incident, leaving her to eat lunch alone. Nonetheless, Sakura didn't mind, since her mind was so preoccupied with Naruto's mystery present.
Afterschool: Front gates.
Sakura stood near the school's entrance as she waited for a bus to come by.
"Hey" Sakura turned around to Sasuke leaning against the beam of the gate. "you wanna ride home or what?"
"no, I'm going to the hospital" Sakura mentioned as she looked to see a bus coming by near the bus stop.
"hospital, for what?"
"to visit someone"
"who?"
She looked at Sakura and smiled, "it's a secret"
"suit yourself"
"mm" She walked in and gave him a quick wave goodbye, before stepping onto the bus.
Sakura sat through the bus ride feeling a bit anxious, she was about to see someone who was very dear to her heart.
Even if this person held a dear place in her heart, Sakura wasn't sure what she was expecting from her, after all it's been a long time..
Konoha Hospital: Main Entrance
Feeling a bit nervous, Sakura hesitantly walked over to the front desk.
"Hello"
"Hello there, welcome, how may I help you today?"
"mm, well I'm looking for Tsuna-"
"AND STAY OUT!" A voice shouted, soon after that a man flew out from one of the near by doors, followed by the sound of the door being slammed as hard as possible.
"oh my,.."
"please, Tsunade-sama if you-"
"I'm not going to listen to you or anything you have to say! This is my hospital, and if you don't like well then you can pack up your bullshit of a business and take it somewhere else because I-"
"Tsunade-sama"
"And-" The older woman turned her head towards the gentle voice and almost immediately fell to the floor.
"Sakura."
Sakura felt her heart tighten into a ball, tears instantly formed at the edges of her eyes as she started walking over to her favorite doctor.
"Sakura! Oh my God!" Tsunade shrieked as she quickly walked over to Sakura and pulled her into her arms.
"Unade-ama I missed ouuu hic" Sakura began to cry as she held onto the woman tightly.
"My baby!" Tsunade cried as she pulled away from Sakura and wiped away her tears. " you did get my message"
"mhm"
"come on now, don't cry, you're older now, ha, let's go to my office shall we? Shizune!"
"ahh yes, lady Tsunade"
"cancel my appointments, tell em I'm busy"
"yes my lady, oh and Sakura, I'm so glad you could make it"
"thanks to you Shizune-san"
"you're welcome dear" Shizune smiled warmly at the girl as the two women headed into her office.
"here sit" Sakura sat down and Tsunade pressed down on a button near her phone, "hello?"
"yeah it's me, send cookies, and juice to my room"
"um...didn't you say you hated sweet-"
"shut up and do it or you're fired"
"gah! right away Tsunade-sama!"
"good"
"wow" Sakura laughed as Tsunade put up her feet and laid back on her seat
"ahh anyway, how are you Sakura?"
"I'm alright"
"I haven't seen you in so long, why didn't you come to visit me?" Sakura looked up at the woman and smiled sadly, "I didn't have much of a choice...I wasn't allowed to visit unless mom or dad came to sign out for me..."
"ugh, that bitch hasn't changed has she?" she asked referring to Sakura's mother
"nope" Sakura replied, she knew Tsunade couldn't stand her mother any more than she did.
"ah so-" There was a knock to the door and Tsunade called whomever in, and he placed a plate of cookies, and a couple of juice boxes on the table, before bowing and walking off.
"have a cookie, sweetie" She offered Sakura a juice box, and Sakura took a cookie and juice without hesitation.
"ahh so tell me, how's life? how's school?"
"school's okay...life's...not how I want it.."
"hm...Gosh, Sakura you grew to be such a beautiful girl"
Sakura smiled bashfully at her words, she felt awkward all of a sudden, she wasn't really used to compliments.
"but why are you still hiding behind those glasses of yours hm?"
"I guess it became a habit, plus when I came home and decided to take them off, she forced me to put them back on, and ever since I moved in with Sasuke I-...I feel so intimated by him, I feel like he'll just laugh at me again, it frightens me to the point of no return"
"Sasuke?...Uchiha?"
"ahh.."
"oh right, the marriage...ugh, I swear that father of yours!"
"Dad was trying to save me"
"pfft, yeah so he took out of the devil's nest to put you into another devil's nest, yeah you're safe now" she remarked sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"hahahaha!" Sakura and Tsunade laughed as they bit down on the chocolate sweets.
"So how is he?"
"who?-oh Sasuke...he's...ermm" Sakura bit down on her lip, she thought really hard about all that's happened, since day one, it's been 3 months now...even if it was little, they did have some progress in their relationship.
"he's hostile, and stubborn, he's mean, and sarcastic, he's really heartless, but...we're okay I guess, he was kind of nice to me over break"
"pffffft, he's an asshole, just like his uncle, boy I tell you Sakura, if he was anything like this older brother than you would be in heaven now!"
Sakura sat up on her seat and smiled, "I know, Itachi- er well, Oniisan is really sweet to me"
Tsunade smiled back when she saw how soft Sakura's expression got from mentioning the older Uchiha.
"and Uzumaki?"
"Naruto?...wha-what about him?" she asked, feeling her cheeks burst into flames.
Tsunade leaned over the desk and gave Sakura a 'you know what I'm talking about' smile.
"He's grown into a fine boy, don't you agree?"
"wha...well...m...yeahhhhhhh-ahhh!" Sakura covered her face and smiled as she heard the older woman laugh.
"you still have feeling for him after so long huh?"
"yeah...it's crazy, when I came back, I thought maybe all those feelings wouldn't come back to me, but when I saw him the first time after so long...gosh...my heart just started beating really fast, I couldn't help it" Sakura remembered when Naruto welcomed her back to Konoha back, she felt like her heart was going to rip out of her chest.
"mm, it's a good thing you got over that little runt Sasuke"
"yeah, ironically, I'm married to him now.."
"hmph! Ugh! I told your father, a hundred times to just let you go with K-" Tsunade bit down on her tongue and sat back.
"who?"
"Kishi's son"
"who's Kishi?"
"you won't know him, but his son is a few years older than you"
"oh"
"yeah, he's a good boy too, he's an idiot for turning down the offer the first time, hmph" she scoffed, "bet he's regretting it now, pfft, idiots" Tsunade sat back and eyed the small girl. Indeed, Sakura grew to be this modest, beautiful girl, it may not seem like it to kids her age, but to someone who's older?...an older eye can see Sakura's a black pearl in a pool of diamonds.
"mmm I doubt it..anyway, I'm really glad Shizune told me you wanted to see me again, I thought...maybe you forgot about me"
"forgot about you? my baby?" Tsunade smiled warmly at her and took her hand, "I can never forget about my favorite person Sakura...when I heard you were coming back, I was the happiest woman ever, I drank extra that night on your behalf"
Sakura laughed loudly, "oh well I'm honored"
They laughed together and sat back on their seats, Sakura looked around the office to take note of how beautiful and simple it was, but one thing that caught Sakura's eye more than anything was: her bookshelf.
"wow those books...they're all medical books right?"
"yep"
"may I take a look?"
"be my guest"
Sakura got up and examined the books...she touched the thick bindings of each and everyone studying the titles of them all.
"if you want, you can have them"
Sakura quickly turned around and stared at her in disbelief.
"really?!"
"yep"
"really really?!"
"on one condition"
"what's that?"
"show me your eyes, just this once Sakura"
"ahh..okay"
Sakura walked over and stepped in front of the motherly figure. She took in a deep breath and slowly took her glasses off. She looked up to see tears rolling down Tsunade's eyes.
She covered her mouth as tears continued to stream down her face.
"Tsunade-"
Her arms wrapped around Sakura and hugged her tightly.
"mom, call me mom"
Sakura's eyes widened as she gasped, but then slowly relaxed in her arms.
"mom..."
"I'm sorry I can't cure this wound of yours Sakura I'm so sorry"
Sakura felt her tears blind her again. "it's okay...I'm trying now, so don't worry okay?"
"if you need help you come to mommy right away okay? I'm here for you"
"I know...thanks...mom"
Tsunade sighed as she hugged the girl once more, before sending her off with her new medical books. Sakura ran outside thinking she'd catch the bus on time but it was too late, the bus was taking off just before she ran over to the stop.
"Ugh what do I do now!?" She whined, sighing, Sakura sat down at the seat near the bus stop and waited for a bit. The next bus won't be here till another hour, and I can't wait here in the cold, ughhhhhh I guess I can go in and call Sasuke.. Sakura got up get head back inside when she heard a car honk. She looked back to see Hinata waving at her.
"Sakura-san!"
"Hinata-chan..."
Sakura walked over and greeted her hello.
"What are you doing here Sakura-san?"
"oh, nothing, I just came to visit someone"
"oh, mm are you heading home now?"
"ahh yes, just going to call Sasuke to pick me up I guess"
"oh...um Sasuke-kun seems to be with Karin-chan...we're on our way to go see him"
Sakura felt a knot form deep inside her throat, what do I do now?...I guess I'll just wait.
"um if you want...Ino can drop you off?"
"huh?" Sakura bit down on her lip, she couldn't possible have Ino drop her off, it'd just be a bother for her. "uh no- no thanks Hinata, I'm fine with waiting"
"you could come in...we'll be passing by that way anyway" Ino claimed. Sakura eyed her to see she was looking the opposite direction from the girls.
"oh...um thanks.."
"here let me help." Tenten claimed before stepping out the car, and grabbing one of her bags.
"Gosh, what's in here?"
"medical books, ahh thank you, sorry"
"hmm, it's fine" Tenten happily replied. Sakura stepped inside and Ino continued to drive along.
"Wah, Hinata you look beautiful"
"oh, th-thanks, Ino did my m-make up for me"
"it's very nice, you guys look good" Sakura honestly thought these girls looked beautiful, assuming from their looks, she figured they were having a group event together, or something along those lines.
"ugh, Shika's so freakin slowwwwwwww" Temari groaned. Sakura glanced at the blonde to see her grimace down at her phone and text away.
"Why can't you just say it?" Tenten said rolling her brown eyes at the blonde..
"say what?"
"That you like him" the girls claimed in unison causing Temari to threaten them all.
"are you nuts?! then it'll make him have the higher up, pfft, you can forget that, I'll just wait till he says something"
"then don't complain" Tenten laughed as she nudged the girl. Sakura smiled as she watched the four girls joke with each other, even though she wasn't part of the conversation it was nice to hear them act to friendly around each other. The atmosphere was so open, it was so unfamiliar to her, the foreign warmth really did make Sakura feel a bit uncomfortable, but happy at the same time. She liked it, being surrounded by other girls, talking about girl things...even if she wasn't part of it, just being in the circle, without actually being in it, was good enough for her.
"your stop" Ino mumbled. Surprised by the suddenly stop Sakura jolted just a bit, before stepping out of the car. TenTen handed her the second brown bag, and Hinata, and TenTen bidded the girl goodbye.
"thank you Ino"
"yeah, you're welcome... um, take care" Ino replied awkwardly, still looking away from Sakura.
Sakura gave her a half smile and waved at them, "you as well, thanks again, bye"
"bye Sakura-san!" Hinata waved goodbye and Sakura walked into the house and ran right to her room. After some dinner, and a nice hot shower, Sakura walked back into her room and plopped onto the bed, staring right back at the mystery box.
"How am I suppose to know when to open it, if he didn't even tell anything about it?" She leaned on her side and cuddled the box in her hand. "come on box, give me a sign! give me a-"
Ring-ring! Ring-ring! bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Gasp! it's ringing! the box is ringing! Sakura's eyes widened when she felt the box suddenly vibrate.
"gah! do I open it? should I? is that it?"
The box continued to vibrate, and ring, causing Sakura to grow frantic.
"Oh gosh what if it's nothing, and I just tampered with whatever was inside?! oh no!"
She watched the vbox shift a little as the vibrations echoed inside the box.
"oh damn it!" she pulled on the silky orange ribbon and took of the top. Sakura gasped when she looked down to see it was a beautiful, sleek, black phone.
An actual phone.
"It's...beautiful" she managed to say as she gently picked it up.
Sakura moved her finger over the edge and the back. It was a nice sleek, black phone, it had a pink hard case, and a screen cover already on it. Sakura smiled as she looked at the charm that was dangling at the end. It was an orange and blue heart.
Naruto... She felt her tears burn her eyes when she thought of how much it must've cost to actually purchase such an expensive phone like this.
Sakura held it in her hands when suddenly the phone began to ring again.
"oh God! it's ring! wahh! it's ringing!" She looked down to see the name "Naruto" appear on the screen.
"he's calling!" She clicked on his name and squeaked into the phone.
"He...hello?"
Naruto chuckled, his warmth honey glazed laugh immediately sent butterflies to Sakura's stomach, " do you like it?"
"Naruto..."
"Merry Christmas Sakura"
"it's...so.."
"nice, convenient, perfect?"
"...expensive!"
"what?! I went for days trying to look for the perfect phone and that's all you could say?!"
"well it is!"
"you don't like it?" She could almost imagine the pout on Naruto's face when he said that into the phone. She laughed as she laid back on her bed, her heart pounding through her chest..
"no I love it..thank you...thank you so so sooooooooo much Naruto"
He laughed once again, oh how she loved his warm laugh.
"You're welcome Sakura..ahh it feels so great talking to you like this"
She smiled, "like what?"
"like this, alone, in private, through our personal phones... I can talk to you at any time now, in the morning,"
"at night"
"after school"
"during school"
"hahaha, yeah...oh but...mm" She felt her stomach turn once again..
"but what? what's wrong?" he asked, his voice full of concern.
"the phone bill..I don't think I could pay that off Naruto, I don't work."
"pfft, that? you're worried about something silly like that?"
"well yeah, I mean how am I going to pay the phone bill if-"
"I'll be taking care of that, just enjoy the phone alright?"
"huh?! what? no way! I'd feel terrible if I let you pay the phone bill for me."
"why?"
"because..." her voice trailed off, it felt so wrong to have him spend money on her monthly, when he could save that money for something else.
"because...well..."
"exactly you have no reason, Sakura my dad owns this phone company, paying this stuff off is easy alright?"
"your dad owns the company?!" Sakura was in awe, she forgot about how much doe Naruto's parents actually make.
"but-"
"no buts"
"no! I still feel terrible, I'm sorry Naruto"
"okay, okay, how about this...hmmmmmm, if you send me a cute picture of yourself right now, consider your debt paid off"
"What?! no way!" Sakura would rather crawl under a rock and die than do something as embarrassing as that. Kami-sama knows how those girls take billions of pictures of themselves, I don't think I can even take one, I'll just die from embarrassment...
"I'm waiting Sa-ku-ra" he cooed into the phone, Naruto was laying on his bed. He's gotten home after meeting up with Sasuke, and he couldn't feel any more relaxed now.
She's probably flustering over what to do now hehe. The blonde boy couldn't help but smile at the thought of Sakura mentally debating with her inner thoughts.
"F-fine, I'll send a p-picture! But you can't show anyone, and I mean anyone Naruto got it?!"
Naruto laughed as he turned to his side, he was getting that funny feeling inside of him again.
"Yeah I won't.."
"mmkay..wait a little okay?"
Naruto laughed into the phone, "alright I'm waiting"
Naruto stays breathless, as he lies on his back, when he hears something click on his phone. Naruto looks down to see a picture of Sakura: red cheeks, slightly wet hair, small pale-pink lips forming into a very bashful smile. Her big green, glowing eyes emulating the picture.
Ba-thump! Holy crap she's too cute for her own good!
"Ahh there...a picture" she stuttered into the phone.
"Sakura..." Naruto bit down on his tongue. He felt his cheeks warm up, as he covered his mouth.
"Naruto? you're quiet...what's wrong..?" Sakura asked as she clenched onto her sheets.
Did he not like my picture?..
"haha sorry you don't like it-"
"NO!" He shouted into the phone, "no it's just, haha I can't breathe right now"
She gasped into the phone asking him why, making his smile grow even bigger.
"what's wrong?"
"nothing, hahaha Sakura it's just..you're so damn...cute...ah it was too much." Naruto clenched the spot over his heart, the crazy squeezing, twisting feeling wasn't going away.
Sakura blushed, she bit down on her lip and giggled, "um thanks.."
"mmm.."
It was quiet now...
Neither one of them spoke a word, or made a sound for a few minutes, yet they were enjoying each other's company through the phone.
Sakura turned over on her bed, and layed on her stomach, "Hey Naruto?"
"hm?"
"you could've just gotten me candy and a pair of mittens you know"
"Why, would you like a pair of mittens and candy tomorrow Sakura"
"No! no more gifts from you!" She sat up on her knees, and hugged a pillow tightly.
Naruto laughed into the phone, enjoying her talk on and on about her day.
She enjoyed talking to him as he did with her. The two went on for hours just talking away. Sakura felt so alive...
She's never talked to anyone about her day, ever...it felt so good.
12:45 a.m
"ahh it's getting pretty late" Sakura mumbled into the phone...she knew she had to let him go.
"mm, are you sleepy Sakura?"
"not really..I'm having too much fun talking to you" she smiled again.
"me too, grrr!"
"What's wrong?"
Naruto sighed into the phone...it was so hard to breathe right now, his breathing kept getting heavier and heavier.
"I feel stupid for saying this but...I really want to see you right now"
Sakura gasped into the phone, she was speechless now...filling with gleee and happiness Sakura silently cheered in her mind
Kyaaaaaaaaa!
"I...I want to see you t-"ring ring
huh?
Sakura's eyebrows furrowed.
sounded like a phone ringing...was it the house phone?
Sakura walked over to her door, and opened her door only to see Sasuke's door slam shut.
he's home huh...mm...was that his phone?
She half smiled as she stared back at the closed, black door.
mmm...
She walked back in and went right to her bed- the two greeted each other goodnight.
"Well I guess I'll let you go Naruto" she giggled, "sorry for keeping you hostage over the phone for so long.."
Naruto's warm laugh tickled her insides, making her curl into a happy, curly ball.
"don't be...I love talking to you, if anything its my fault we talked for so long."
"well...I loved it...thank you Naruto"
"I loved it too...goodnight Sakura-chan"
"night Naruto...sweet dreams."
"mm you too..."
She ended the call and plopped right on her bed with a big sigh.
She rolled from side to side while hugging her giant fluffy pillow. The overwhelming, spontaneous feeling was driving her mad. She laughed, giggled, and day dreamed to herself for a little longer before heading to bed. Laying on her back, Sakura tucked herself in and closed her eyes, welcoming yet another, Naruto filled dream...
Time passed by, and before she knew it, Sakura was doing a lot better. Her frequent visits to Tsunade killed most of her time after school. She became a regular at the hospital, and decided to volunteer from time to time.
Both Sasuke's and Naruto's 17th birthday passed by, with her not being there to celebrate. Sasuke spent his with Karin, and Naruto was sick during his... mm speaking of birthdays, mine is coming soon..well...things aren't as bad as they used to be, it may not be a good life, but it's better than what I was imaging.
Spring break flew by like a breeze, and the two spent most of their time indoors, in front of the t.v... Sasuke doesn't say much, other than telling her what to do, but at least he's not totally belittling her like he has in the first two months.
He's still an asshole, nonetheless, I'm okay now, this is a new year and this is my last year of high school. I'm not going to let Sasuke's negativity get in the way of that!
April 5, 2013
Sasuke Uchiha was now 17-years-old, and a third year in high school.
Finally...after all these years, I'm going to finally finish school..He thought to himself as he finished putting on his tie. He's been waiting to graduate and take over Uchiha enterprise, for so long now, finishing these last few months was definitely going to be a drag.
"New year, new class..." he mumbled to himself as he looked around for his bag.
Maybe this year I won't get stuck with Karin's little bitches, Kami they're so annoying...
I can do this, I've made it this far, just a few months to go Sasuke, then you'll really be a man on your own..
Sasuke suddenly gasped at his own words when he came to terms with them
"that's right..."
Sakura...this is the last year her and I will be...
"yes..." he whispered to himself in relief. Sasuke just had to wait till graduation to finally get Sakura out of his hair.
Then he'll never have to see her stupid face ever in his life again.
"Hn, plus I doubt she'll be in my class again, damn this school year just sounds better and better."
Yes, this year was going to be one Hell of a year...
Konoha High: Hallway Bulletin Board
Sasuke had just arrived to school with Naruto. They've made it a ritual to see class listings every year together.
"Shit Teme it's packed here"
"Hn, I know, we gotta push through to see where we're at"
"Hmph I better be in the same class as you!" Naruto complained, the poor blonde was greatly angry last year when he saw he was isolated from all his friends.
"hn, I hope we're separated again" Sasuke scoffed. He smirked when his best friend angrily threatened him for saying something so cruel.
"Anyway, let's go, all this noise is giving me a headache."
"Hehe alright everyone's here let's go! here's to a new year!" Naruto cheered, as they ran over to the listings.
"Sasuke!" Sasuke's head turned around to see Karin waving at him, as she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and pecked him on the cheeks.
"Hey"
"did you check your classes?"
"no"
"great we'll go together- Kiba!"
"Yo."
Sasuke looked to his side to see the gang was standing behind Kiba.
"Sasuke" Shikamaru smirked at him as they greeted each other with friendly highfives.
It felt good to see everyone grouped together again.
"Na-Naruto-kun" Hinata smiled as she walked over to Naruto and shyly kissed him on the cheek.
Naruto smiled warmly at her as he took her hand and the gang made their way towards the class listings.
Sasuke scanned for his name under Iruka sensei's list.
Tsk, troublesome...well it's better than Gai...now let's see.
Sasuke looked down the rest of the list to see Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Hinata, Kiba,and Karin we all under Iruka's name, in fact the whole gang was on the list except for,..
"WHAT THE FUCK!? Are you serious?!" Naruto whined.
"How come I'm the only one that's not in his class?! That's not FAIR" Naruto was fuming now.
"Hahahaha Naruto's a reject" Kiba laughed as did the rest of the gang.
"Wow..loser, how did you get stuck in another class again?" Karin scoffed as everyone continued to laugh. Sasuke grinned as he watched Naruto sulk in sadness.
"i-it's okay Na-Naruto at least you got Ka-Kakashi sensei this time.." Hinata did her best to cheer her boyfriend up. The two finally got back together during his birthday when she came over to take care of him.
"I know but still...we're not in the same class..."
"we'll see each other during lunch though so don't worry okay?"
Naruto smiled at his tender-hearted girlfriend as he lightly kissed her on the lips.
"well let's head to class"
"Ah yeah, you guys go ahead I'll catch up with you" Naruto glanced over at Sakura who was walking the opposite way. Sasuke watched Naruto's eyes warm up when he eyed Sakura who seemed to lost in her own world right now.
"o-okay Naruto"
"I'll see you before class starts okay Hinata?"
"mm" She kissed him once more, and off they went. Karin grabbed Sasuke's hand and she dragged him off, but he was too busy watching Naruto walk behind Sakura keeping a subtle distance between them. A few minutes later, Sasuke walked out of the class, while Karin drifted off greeting the other people when he walked out to see Naruto running towards Sakura.
"Sakura-chaaaaaaaaan!" Naruto ran over and gave her a big bear hug, squeezing her in his arms.
"Naruto"
Sasuke frozen in his spot and watched them carefully. He noticed the way Naruto acts around Sakura and how she acts around him. He's aware of their friendship, but he couldn't shake off the feeling that there's more to those two that meets the eye.
"What class are you in Sakura?"
"oh...um 3-7...looks like I'm with Kakashi sensei again" she smiled bashfully at Naruto who screamed for joy at the top of his lungs
"YAYY SAKURA-CHAN WE'RE IN THE SAME CLASS!"
Sasuke's mouth went dry as he watched Naruto pick Sakura up and spin her around out of pure joy.
"Really?!" she happily shrieked.
"Yeah hahahahaha woooohoooooooo!"
"Yaaaaaaayyyyy!" She clapped her hands as she jumped into his arms, as he held on to her tightly.
Ba-thump...hn...Naruto and Sakura are in the same class?..pfft... at least she's not in my class now.
Sasuke walked back to class, without looking back at the two.
Who cares if they're in the same class?... it's a good thing isn't it? she's not in this class, which means I won't be teased by these assholes...Karin is happy when Sakura's not near her...plus she's in the same class as the guy she likes...and Naruto really likes hanging out with her. it's perfect right?...
...right, it's perfect.
Sasuke sighed as he looked to the right to see Naruto and Sakura walk down the hall together.
Yep, this is going to be the best year ever...
He quickly banged his head against his desk and sighed.
"Fuck."
HappyCrayon: *O* HELLO LOVLIES! 3 c: hope you enjoyed this chapter! sorry in advance for the mistakes v-v, um I thought I'd make things clear for some people just in case people are getting tired of my Sasuke-Sakura chase, this is a hurt/comfort story, :\ I'm well aware of OTHER arrange marriage stories where Sasuke does stop being a jerk and turns around and falls in love with Sakura, and i agree I loveeeee those stories! ^^ i actually enjoy stories like that the most BUT this is an entirely different story from that :\ so if you don't like it then please don't complain (guest comments that I deleted because I didn't like how you flamed my story) this is MY story, i know what I'm doing I'm not stupid, I can clearly see the steps I'm making, if you don't like Sasuke's aggressive behavior, or Sakura's pitiful one you don't have to read, I won't force you, if my mistakes drive you crazy don't read, this is my freewriting- meaning I don't take it seriously, so if you don't like my "second grade" writing well then good for you, go write your own story okay? anyway! :))) thank you once again for liking my story! I'm so happy to see I have 150+ followers HOLY SMOKES! :D look forward to the next few chapters c:^^ we're getting closer to a MAJOR EVENT! eeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppp!#! #! $! #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ *spazzing* mmuch love-HClessthanthree xx stay beautiful.